Polling on Abortion Rights ‘Shows Some Potential’ to Swing 2022 Midterm Forecasts
Will the overturning of Roe v. Wade and abortion protection by the U.S. Supreme Court make a difference for Democratic candidates?
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Pennsylvania
Takeaways: Election Denier Wins, Bad Behavior Dooms Cawthorn
Written by JILL COLVIN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI In the Pennsylvania governor’s race, a candidate who...
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Court Rejects GOP Redistricting Plans in NC, Pennsylvania
Written by MARK SHERMAN In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from...
Read MoreHuman Chain Formed To Help After Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, prompting rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from a dangling bus. The...
Read MoreAll 100 Lab Monkeys Accounted for After Several Escape Crash
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The last of the escaped monkeys from the crash of a truck towing a trailer load of 100 of the animals was accounted for by late Saturday, a day after the pickup collided with a dump truck on a...
Read MoreDeath Toll Rises After Ida’s Remnants Hit Northeast
Written by DAVID PORTER and MARK SCOLFORO The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday night, killing at least 14 people in flooding in New York,...
Read MoreCensus Data Kicks off Effort To Reshape US House Districts
Written by DAVID A. LIEB and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide —...
Read MorePandemic Masks Ongoing Child Abuse Crisis as Cases Plummet
Written by SALLY HO and CAMILLE FASSETT Ava Lerario lived in a home marked by both love and chaos, even before the walls of the pandemic started closing in on her fractured family. Sandwiched between two brothers, the 9-year-old...
Read MoreCops’ Posts To Private Facebook Group Show Hostility, Hate
Written by CLAUDIA LAUER and THALIA BEATY In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with...
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Biden Transition OK’d To Start as Trump Runs Out of Options
The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3...
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